In the newest update to criteria for Common Core, it says that can solve math problems with their feelings and not be judged wrong. In other words, a pupil may answer an equation by stating whatever their emotions are telling them at the time and it will be counted as correct.
What about Common Core math would you change if given the opportunity?
Common Core has added the option of stating emotion rather than answer.
A Common Core representative stated that if students are being sincere, and true to themselves when supplying an answer, it’s all educators should expect. This is part of a new wave of sensitivity training that has taken over the country. The criteria is spilling into the grading of report cards where students are now being judged by determination, appreciation, and acting sensitive to others.
Any emotion, feeling, statement, or catchphrase is an acceptable answer to most of the problems in the new mathematics standards,” a Common Core representative informed interested media outlets. “As long as students are being sincere, genuine, authentic, and true to themselves at the time they are answering the question, that’s all we can ask as educators.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Common core math and the race to compete with other countries is a source of stress for many students.
- Though The US may not be number one in education, we are more adept to understanding the sensitivity and emotional needs of students.
- It is believed that common core is trying to squash the emotional needs of children by making them “robotic”, so to speak.
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